Dr. Payne Joins Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC

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Dr. Payne is accepting new patients in need of Physiatry services and is partnered with Katie Hatt, DO, at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC.
PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Health Systems announced the appointment of Nicole Y. Payne, MD, FABPMR, a board certified and fellowship trained Physiatrist to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the provider staff of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC. 
 
Dr. Payne is accepting new patients in need of Physiatry services and is partnered with Katie Hatt, DO, at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC.
 
Dr. Payne comes to the Berkshires from Maine, where she served with Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle. She previously worked at medical centers in Georgia, Washington state, Kansas, Vermont and Tennessee.
 
Dr. Payne is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Medicine. She received her medical degree from Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, and completed her residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
 
Her clinical interests include musculoskeletal ultrasound, fluoroscopy procedures and Botox and Xiaflex treatments. 
 
For an appointment with Dr. Payne, ask your primary care physician for a referral or call Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC at 413-445-9353.

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Dalton Board Uncertain on How to Budget for Clean Air Efforts

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — As concerns about Berkshire Concrete's operations persist, Select Board members agree funding is needed, but are uncertain on how it should be allocated.
 
During its meeting on Monday, Select Board member Antonio "Tony" Pagliarulo requested that the town include in the budget funds for technical air-monitoring and potentially legal costs for the Clean Air Committee budget. 
 
In June, the board approved the establishment of a Clean Air Ad Hoc Committee, charged with reviewing the special permit and ensuring compliance. 
 
The committee consists of one Select Board member, a Board of Health representative, a Planning Board member, a Conservation Commissioner, and two citizen members: one from the Dalton Clean Air Coalition and another at-large citizen.
 
For over a year, residents attended numerous meetings urging action to stop sand from leaving parcel No. 105-16, owned by Berkshire Concrete, a subsidiary of Petricca Industries.
 
Since then, the Zoning Board ordered the company to fully remediate the unauthorized dig site on parcel No. 105-16, the Board of Health fined it $5,000, and the Planning Board denied its special permit
 
Board members seemed to agree that budgeting funds for clean air monitoring be set aside in the Clean Air Committee budget but not how legal fees should be budgeted. 
 
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